different between usurious vs usurer

English

Etymology

usury +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju???u????s/, /ju??zju????s/
• Hyphenation: usu?ri?ous

Adjective

usurious (comparative more usurious, superlative most usurious)

1. Of or pertaining to usury.
2. Exorbitant.
   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 298:

     But nature, violated by these excesses, exacts a most usurious interest for this illicit indulgence. She makes them pay for moments of rapture with hours of despair.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:usurious.

Synonyms

• usurial

Related terms

• usurer
• usuress

Translations

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ?s?ra (“interest”).

Compare usurper and use

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ju?????/, /?ju?zj???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ju??????/, /?ju?????/

Noun

usurer (plural usurers)

1. A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 4:

     Profitless usurer, why dost thou use

     So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?

   • 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, chapter XLIII

     "You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."

Synonyms

• banker, loan shark

Hyponyms

• saraf (early modern Middle East & India), shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)

Related terms

• usuress (rare)
• usurial
• usurious
• usury

Translations

References

Anagrams

• rusure

Middle English

Noun

usurer

1. Alternative form of usurere

Swedish

Noun

usurer

1. indefinite plural of usur